Bortuzzo, 24, hasn’t been suspended during his NHL career, but he just played in his 50th game (spread out through three seasons) tonight.

It will probably help his cause that Giordano, 30, was able to return to the game. That doesn’t mean that an injury is out of the question anyway, however. If he’s OK, Team Canada may also breathe a sigh of relief, as he could serve as a steady Plan B (or C) if one of their selected defensemen get injured.

I would talk about this…but who ever was the cameraman for the Dan Potash & Tanner Glass interview might be getting an earful.

chanceoffleury - Jan 12, 2014 at 1:28 AM

That was just further evidence to the horrible setup the NHL has going for post game media fluff. I love the candidness of the interviews right after the game, but they should have designated areas set up or something. Right in front of the players dressing room is probably not the greatest area for a post game interview. Haha, poor Sutter!

Agreed and I kept wondering why Root Sports was showing clips of Calgary during the interview and it wasn’t until I put two and two together and then realized it. Common sense would’ve told Letang to keep the door shut but instead we get one of the biggest bloopers in Pittsburgh Sports History. Had this been James Neal…I’m pretty sure all of the girls in my age range (18-24) probably would’ve all lost it.

It was a shoulder to shoulder hit. Girodano embellished it a bit he also probably got the wind knocked out of him. If it was a hit to the head then why did Giordano come back so quickly to the game? Bortuzzo is a player that plays on the edge of dirty and clean, but he never crosses the line.

Interesting it only says “Match Penalty” in the box scores…Does not say what the infraction was and its hard to tell if his feet left the ice before contact. But he did launch into the hit. Even at that it was shoulder to shoulder contact. A phone call possibly but cant see anything coming from it!

zico25 - Jan 12, 2014 at 10:48 AM

Bortuzzo has a serious height advantage. He leaned down to make sure it was shoulder to shoulder. Looks way worse than it actually was, and if there is a suspension for this then they might as well stop hitting in the game of hockey altogether. The only questionable thing about this was the fact his arm came flying out from his body, but that was after the hit occurred, not prior to. He led with shoulder and hit shoulder.

handsofsweed - Jan 12, 2014 at 1:07 PM

It’s a good thing his elbow missed by a mile, or else Giordano is seriously hurt and Bortuzzo is seriously suspended.